The Role of Language in the Acculturation of Jamaican Immigrants--The Canadian Context.

Simms, Glenda P.

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ERIC Number: EJ184282

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Publication Date: 1978

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The Role of Language in the Acculturation of Jamaican Immigrants--The Canadian Context

Simms, Glenda P.

Education for the Disadvantaged Child, 3, 4, 2-10, Spr 78

This paper discusses some of the psychological and social problems that the average Jamaican immigrant faces in a society such as Canada. The focus of the discussion is on the problems that have a direct or indirect relationship to the language system of this particular group. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Creoles, Ethnicity, Identification (Psychology), Immigrants, Language Role, Language Usage, Psychological Needs, Social Problems

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